Vulnerability Management Lead

Contract Type: Permanent The Opportunity The Vulnerability Manager is responsible for leading and coordinating the organisation's vulnerability management programme, ensuring security vulnerabilities are effectively prioritised, remediated and reported upon across all technology domains. Working closely with the Vulnerability Analyst, Security Operations, Risk Management, Security Architecture and technology delivery teams, the Vulnerability Manager provides governance, oversight and accountability for vulnerability remediation activities. The role ensures vulnerabilities are managed in accordance with organisational risk appetite and regulatory requirements whilst driving continuous improvements in vulnerability management processes and risk reduction. Unlike the Vulnerability Analyst, whose focus is the identification and technical assessment of vulnerabilities, the Vulnerability Manager is accountable for driving remediation outcomes, coordinating stakeholders and providing visibility of vulnerability risk across the enterprise. What You'll Be Doing Own and drive the enterprise Vulnerability Management programme, ensuring vulnerabilities are identified, prioritised and remediated in line with risk-based frameworks. Define and maintain vulnerability management policies, standards, processes and service level targets. Review vulnerability risks, determine remediation priorities and manage risk acceptance and exception processes. Coordinate remediation activities across Infrastructure, Cloud, Networks, Applications, End User Computing and third-party suppliers, ensuring accountability and timely resolution. Build strong relationships across Technology, Security, Risk and business teams, acting as the key point of contact for vulnerability governance and reporting. Develop and present dashboards, KPIs and management reports, providing insight into vulnerability trends, risk exposure and remediation performance. Support supplier security reviews and monitor third-party remediation activities where vulnerabilities impact business services. Drive continuous improvement by identifying recurring security issues, enhancing controls and supporting the implementation of new vulnerability management capabilities and tooling. Escalate significant cyber risks and emerging threats to senior stakeholders, ensuring appropriate governance and action is taken. What You'll Bring Essential Skills our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include: Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme) Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values Ready to Make Amazing Happen? Join over 8,500 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here. #J-18808-Ljbffr